It
is extremely important you know your rights and responsibilities.
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KAS, we can: |
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Create
and Implement Occupational Health & Safety Policy
(Under regulation 851 section 25 (2)(j): …an employer shall
prepare and review at least annually a written occupational
health and safety policy and develop and maintain a program
to implement that policy.) |
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Create
and Implement Personal Protective Equipment Policy
(Under regulation 851 section 79: A worker required to wear
of or use any protective clothing, equipment or device shall
be instructed and trained in its care and use before wearing
the protective clothing, equipment or devices.)
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Create and Implement Accident/Injury Policy. |
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Create
and Implement WHMIS Policy & Program. (Under regulation
851 section 42(1): In addition to providing information and
instruction to a worker as required by clause 25(2)(a), an
employer shall ensure that a worker exposed or likely to be
exposed to a hazardous material or to a hazardous physical
agent receives, and that the worker participates in such instruction
and training as my be prescribed.)
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Compile
and Implement Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) Binder.
(Under regulation 851 section 37 (1)(b): An employer shall
obtain or prepare, as may be prescribed, an unexpired material
safety data sheet or all hazardous materials present in the
workplace;………..)
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Create
and Implement Safety Bulletin Board. |
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Create
and Maintain Employee/Driver Qualification Files.
(Under the Highway Traffic Act you are required to maintain
driver qualification files.)
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Establish,
Maintain and Implement Joint Health & Safety Committee
(Under regulation 851 section 9(2)(a): A joint health and safety
is required, at a workplace at which twenty or more worker are
regularly employed……….) |
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Create
and Implement First Aid Policy & Program
(Under regulation 1101 all employers are required to maintain
a first aid kit/ room depending on size of organization) |
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Create
and Implement Emergency Management Plans. |
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Create
and Implement Spill Contingency Plans. |
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Create
and Implement Lockout/Tagout Program.
(Under regulation 851 section 42 (7) states that the employer
shall establish and implement written procedures for compliance
with this section) Section 42 outlines requirements for lockout
tagout.
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Create
and Implement Confined Space Entry Program. |
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Create
and Install Health & Safety Awareness Signage. |
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Coordinate
Emergency Evacuation and Fire Drills.
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Create,
Implement and Conduct Annual Safety Meeting Schedule. |
